Wasn't one of the key causes of the disintegration of the USSR the simple fact that people were using position and influence to have more than others? The furt

Wasn't one of the key causes of the disintegration of the USSR the simple fact that people were using position and influence to have more than others? The further up the chain one was, they had better access to food, a better car, better medical care. The Soviet system may have paid lip service to communist and socialist ideals, but it seems as if there was a strong capitalist element in there: people who felt they worked hard believed they were entitled to more than others, and (ab)used their positions to make this happen.